Author: Roger Bloom

This time, however, Councilmembers Tammy Kim and Kathleen Tresder bizarrely walked out to stymie discussion of two measures placed on the Council agenda by Treseder herself.

As has happened twice in the past two months, with Councilmmember Mike Carroll out sick, Mayor Farrah Khan had to adjourn the official Council meeting for lack of a quorum after Councilmembers Kim and Treseder abruptly left the meeting.

Mayor Khan and Vice Mayor Larry Agran, as they have done in the past, stayed on the dais for nearly 90 minutes listening to commenters who had waited all evening to speak, in an informal continuation of the meeting.

The 2024 Mayoral race has been quietly underway for some time with two main candidates so far: Vice Mayor Larry Agran and Councilmember Tammy Kim.

Other candidates could enter the race — the filing deadline isn’t until August, more than four months from now. But Agran and Kim are likely to remain the leading contenders.

The two Mayoral candidates present a clear choice to the voters on many important City issues.

The ceremony is more than a turning point in the trainees’ lives. As the culmination of Irvine’s 100th CERT class, it marks a milestone in the City’s 25-year disaster preparedness effort.

“CERT is dedicated to engaging the whole community in disaster preparedness by educating and training its members to be self-sufficient during a disaster and to effectively assist others and their families,” said Christine Tully, emergency management program specialist in the Irvine Police Department (IPD) and the City’s point person for CERT. “Our vision is to make Irvine a resilient city, effectively prepared to recover following a disaster, through preparedness training, education, and community outreach.”